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TIL About Knoedler, an art dealership in NY that lasted for 165 years. It closed down after an art fraud scandal where dozens of paintings in the gallery turned out to be forged.

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8Jj4 TIL Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci both lived in Rome at the same time and really disliked each other.
lKea TIL Iran Air Flight 655 was an Iran Air civilian passenger flight that was shot down by the US Navy guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes. All 290 on board, including 66 children and 16 crew, died. Ranks ninth among the deadliest disasters in aviation history
m15jy TIL Guinea Pig Club - a group of Allied airmen who bonded during their extended stays at a remarkable burn recovery hospital started during WWII in England
x64v7 TIL Arthur Conan Doyle Secretly Resented His Sherlock Holmes Character
YpXQx TIL that when the parents of a nine-year-old named "Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii" went to court in a custody battle, the judge was so mortified by their daughter's unusual name that he ordered them to rename her.